Kolar: An 18-year-old student died of electrocution while removing decorative lighting installed near a Ganesha pandal at Beerandahalli village in Bangarapet taluk Wednesday.The deceased has been identified as Mithun, a resident of Beerandahalli. He was a II PU student at a private college in Kolar. According to locals, the incident took place when Mithun was…
Chennai: A major fire broke out at the 11th floor of an apartment complex in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam on OMR on Wednesday night following an LPG leak. No casualties were reported.The complex has around 1,500 flat sacross 18 floors, with more than 4,000 residents. Around 9pm, residents of a flat on the 11th floor noticed…
Hyderabad: Six students staying at an orphanage drowned while immersing a Ganesh idol at a pond in Pedda Kanjarla village of Sangareddy district late Wednesday evening.DCP ((Serilingampally Zone), Ch Srinivas, said the deceased were Siddarth, a Class X student; Narasimha Raju, a second-year BTech student; Sumanth Reddy and Ganesh, both second-year polytechnic students; Uday Kiran,…
– GMDA have decided to take up redevelopment of portion of Rao Gajraj Singh Marg, with a focus on fixing recurring waterlogging on the road.____________________Picture by TOI Gurgaon: GMDA has decided to redevelop a portion of Rao Gajraj Singh Marg, with a focus on fixing recurring waterlogging on the road. The identified portion near Old…
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed the NOC granted by NKDA to New Town CC Block Residents’ Welfare Association for conducting Durga Puja this year Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday stayed the NOC granted by NKDA to New Town CC Block Residents’ Welfare Association for conducting Durga Puja this year, while directing…
Land-use conversion rates have also been slashed across categories Ghaziabad: State cabinet Tuesday approved a proposal allowing development authority boards, including GDA, to change land use for plots up to 6,000 sqm, bypassing the state-level clearance previously required for such tracts that in many cases dragged on for months. It also halved land-use change and…
Colva: Salcete is the heartbeat of Goan football. No other taluka has as much passion for the sport as this little cluster of villages, which accounts for 44% of all professional minutes by Goan players in the top two tiers of Indian footballIn Salcete, Colva is hard to miss. It’s known for its beach, traditional…
Varanasi: Nagari Pracharini Sabha president Vyomesh Shukla while recalling the contributions of legendary litterateur Bharatendu Harishchandra on his 177th birth anniversary said the poet is the pioneer of modern Hindi literature.While addressing a gathering at Bharatendu Bhavan, the ancestral residence of literature, Shukla on Wednesday described Bharatendu as a figure who embodied both tradition and…
Ahmedabad: The first officer of an Air India Express flight from Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to New Delhi has emerged as a suspect in the bomb hoax that forced the aircraft’s emergency landing in Ahmedabad on Aug 31.Sources in city police said they examined handwriting samples from passengers and crew members, including the first officer. The…
Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti Chandigarh: Centre on Wednesday declared Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) a terrorist organisation under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, citing its alleged involvement in arms, explosives and narcotics smuggling, radicalisation of youth and terrorist activities.In a notification issued Wednesday, ministry of home affairs said Bhatti‘s objective was to involve gullible youth and…
